The Waters of Eternal Youth

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Call Number: Mystery / Leon, Donna, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Leon, Donna
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	Due 05-15-2024
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Leon, Donna	4-week checkout	Due 05-14-2024

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Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, only surviving thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn't remember a thing. Now, at a fundraising dinner for a Venetian charity, a wealthy and aristocratic patroness -- the girl's grandmother -- asks Brunetti if he will investigate. Brunetti's not sure what to do. If a crime was committed, it would surely have passed the statute of limitations. But out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfill the wishes of a guilt-wracked older woman, who happens to be his mother-in-law's best friend, he agrees. Awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, and the haunting story of a woman trapped in a damaged perpetual childhood, Brunetti soon finds himself unable to let the case rest, if indeed there is a case.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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